As for the music itself, well, country's sounding a lot like hip-hop too. You've got trap beats. 808 kick drums. Rap-like rhythms. Even beatboxing. So, why is Nashville borrowing so heavily from ...

Explore hip-hop and rap-related collections from across the Smithsonian that offer perspective ... and Culture Photographic print of Salt-N-Pepa outside Bayside Studios National Museum of American ...

The sequencer on the 808, a row of 16 color-coded buttons, offered artists a way to store beats they programmed ... the single “Planet Rock,” a hip-hop collaboration by Afrika Bambaataa ...

Hop, Big Zulu remains undeterred. He sits down with Drum to discuss the creation of his latest project, Icala le Mpumelelo.

The old list of beats he wanted to send out includes several rap legends. By Angel Diaz The Alchemist has made beats for legends like Nas, Mobb Deep, and The LOX and has found himself in the ...

His influence extends far beyond the beats and rhymes, reaching into the very fabric of hip-hop’s production landscape. For ...

Hip-hop originated in the Bronx area of New York ... The beat was almost always in 4/4 time, and the music often included drum machines and synthesizers.

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Reign & Wolfacejoeyy. It’s Billboard Women in Music Week, so let’s go ahead and give the ladies their flowers. On Saturday ...